he was held under house arrest by the houthis recently >>> laurent fabius is in the arabian country and will support their efforts in yemen. >> translation: until a solution is found that respects the legitimacy of the government on the ground and ends a conflict in a country close to saudi arabia, france expressed availability in helping to find the right solution. >> we go to the border town of jizan, and we see that there may be problems coordinating the yemen tribes. >> they say if they get the heavy weapons, the rockets, they can mount assistance to prevent the houthis from inside yemen. the tribes all of them have historic ties with saudi arabia and a long border with the saudi kingdom. they are ready as they said in many statements. let's always remember that the tiaz are not coordinated or united. they exercise or they move separately and with a lot of chaos in the movement. i think that if they are - if their efforts are not coordinated, if they don't have ground support and advisors and people that can unite there'll be problems in the ability to confront the houthis. >>> a sy

laurent fabius says they're a few centimeters from the finishing line but those are the hardest. he says the iranians must reach a compromise for an agreement that would prevent them from developing nuclear weapons. the talks spring together diplomats from iran. they met with closed doors through the early morning hours of thursday. they extended the marathon talking for a second day beyond the initial deadline. john kerry and mohammed javad zarif are among those that stayed on. the plan is to get them out of deflation and back on the right track. and we are here with gene on the latest survey on how their feeling. >>> they're not feeling too much. many japanese firms are reporting that prices will rise at a slower pace than the bank's inflation target of 2%. about 11,000 businesses gave their outlook on infligs in the b.o.j.'s latest projection. the price increase is 1.4% a year from now. one-third of the respond don'ts say prices will rise about 1%. 1/5 expects inflation around 2%. officials at the industry ministry say they expect steel production to drop to the lowest level i

i'm pleased today to welcome the foreign minister of france our ally mr laurent fabius and his delegate in the kingdom of saudi arabia, and to welcome you in this conference. our cooperation we have discussed with the minister this morning. with an interview, a servant of the holy site. many issues that are of importance to both countries, and the discussion with the minister with the servant of the holy site was important and critical. the minister's visit reinforces the relations between the two countries and the continued coordination over a variety of regional and international issues that are common to us country. naturally one of the common reasons for the visit, and receiving a letter from the french president - today we held a discussion an expanded discussion, and i will classify them as fruitful and construct constructive and it covers the development in the bilateral relationships and via the mechanisms represented in the joint saudi arabia committee, concerned with researching and cooperation on governmental levels and business relationships for actioning the cooperation on

after leaving lausanne thursday, laurent fabius came back again that night saying the talks had entered their final stretch. mr. fabius: we are a few meters away from the finishing line. but we know the last meters are the hardest. there's a lot at stake, the fight against nuclear proliferation and the renovation of iran into the international community. catherine: john kerry took a break from the long and intense negotiations. he's extended his stay, as has his german counterpart. the iranian foreign minister urged negotiators to show flexibility. mr. zarif: i hope our colleagues will recognize the fact that this is a unique opportunity and they need to take advantage of it. catherine: discussions over three demands, first, the timescale. the international community want a 10 year deal, iran wants a shorter framework. western powers want to gradually lift sanctions, iran demands an immediate lifting as soon as an agreement is reached. the third sticking point is whether tehran should be allowed to continue research on modernizing centrifuges. the u.s. warrants s a consensus is not reac

the french foreign minister laurent fabius, insisted a final agreement must ensure there is no iranian bomb. >> ( translated ): if this agreement is not entirely solid, that would mean that iran could get a bomb. and this is unacceptable. and if this agreement is not perceived as solid, that means that the countries of the region such as saudi arabia, egypt, turkey, et cetera, could also start thinking of making a bomb and that would be a nuclear proliferation, dangerous for all. >> sreenivasan: there is no specific schedule on resumption of talks, which have a deadline of june 30. >> sreenivasan: and to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks. david, let me start with you. if the hard liners or some hard liners in iran are opposed to this and if benjamin netanyahu is opposed to this did the u.s. ologist thread the needle and try to get the negotiations that they wanted to? >> i don't think so. i'm skeptical of the deal. parts of it are impressive. the inspection regime is pretty good. so people likely know